Comment by xandrius
2 days ago
One could try to be poetic with LLMs in order to make their point stronger and still convince absolutely no one who wasn't already convinced.
I'm sure nobody really reject the notion of LLMs but sure as hell do like to moan if the new technology doesn't absolutely perfect fit their own way of working. Does that make them any different than people wanting an editor which is intuitive to use? Nobody will ever know.
> still convince absolutely no one who wasn't already convinced.
I don't know, people change their opinions all the time. I wasn't convinced about many ideas throughout my career, but I'm glad I found convincing arguments for some of them later.
> wanting an editor which is intuitive to use
Are you implying that Vim and Emacs are not?
Intuitive != Familiar. What feels unintuitive is often just unfamiliar. Vim's model actually feels pretty intuitive after the initial introduction. Emacs is pretty intuitive for someone who grokked Lisp basics - structural editing and REPL-driven development. The point is also subjective, for some people "intuitive editor" means "works like MS Word", but that's just one design philosophy, not an objective standard.
Tools that survive 30+ years and maintain passionate user bases must be doing something right, no?
> the new technology doesn't absolutely perfect fit their own way of working.
Emacs is extremely flexible, and thanks to that, I've rarely complained about new things not fitting my ways. I bend tools to fit my workflow if they don't align naturally — that's just the normal approach for a programmer.